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- Sankashu
Tsuki o miru kokoro no fushi o toga ni shite tayori egao ni nururu sode kana
Making an excuse of the sadness the moon stirs in my heart, my sleeves grow wet with tears as though they had found the chance they wanted.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omoiizuru koto wa itsu to mo iinagara tsuki ni wa taenu kokoro narikeri
I say I remember you at no particular time, for I do so always, yet before the moon my heart cannot bear it.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ashihiki no yama no anata ni kimi sumaba iru tomo tsuki o oshimazaramashi
If you lived on the far side of the mountains, I would not grieve even when the moon sinks behind them.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nageke tote tsuki ya wa mono o omowasuru kakochigao naru waga namida kana
Is it the moon that tells me to grieve and makes me brood? No, and yet my tears flow as though they would lay the blame on it.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kimi ni ikade tsuki ni arasou hodo bakari meguriaitsutsu kage o naraben
Somehow, as often as the moon comes round, vying with it, I would meet you again and again and stand side by side with you.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Shirotae no koromo kasanuru tsukikage no sayuru masode ni kakaru shiratsuyu
On both my sleeves, where the moonlight lies cold as though layering them with white robes, the white dew has fallen.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Shinobine no namida tatauru sode no ura ni nazumazu yadoru aki no yo no tsuki
In the bay of tears that brims inside my sleeve, wept in silence, the moon of the autumn night lodges without a moment's hesitation.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mono omou sode ni mo tsuki wa yadorikeri nigorade sumeru mizu naranedomo
Even in my sleeves, wet with the tears of brooding, the moon has come to lodge, though they are not clear water free of all murk.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Koishisa o moyoosu tsuki no kage nareba koborekakarite kakotsu namida ka
Since it is the moonlight that stirs up my longing, are these tears that spill down blaming it for my pain?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yoshi saraba namida no ike ni sode narete kokoro no mama ni tsuki o yadosan
Very well, then: let my sleeves grow used to this pond of tears, and I will let the moon lodge in them to my heart's content.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Uchitaete nageku namida ni waga sode no kuchinaba nani ni tsuki o yadosan
If my sleeves should rot away in the tears I weep now that all is broken off between us, in what could I then lodge the moon?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yoyo fu tomo wasuregatami no omoide wa tamoto ni tsuki no yadoru bakari ka
Though ages pass, is the only keepsake I cannot forget the moon lodging in my tear-wet sleeves?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Namida yue kuma naki tsuki zo kumorinuru ama no harahara to nomi nagarete
Because of my tears the shadowless moon has clouded over, as from beneath the wide sky they only fall and fall.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ayaniku ni shiruku mo tsuki no yadoru kana yo ni magirete to omou tamoto ni
How spitefully clear the moon lodges in my sleeves, just where I thought to hide my tears in the darkness of night!
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omokage ni kimi ga sugata o mitsuru yori niwaka ni tsuki no kumorinuru kana
From the moment I saw your figure rise as an image in the moon, all at once the moon has clouded over.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yomosugara tsuki o migao ni motenashite kokoro no yami ni mayou koro kana
All night long I put on the look of one gazing at the moon, yet these days I wander lost in the darkness of my heart.
Sankashu - Saigyō